Because origin of information and the genetic code are central to the origin of life problem… and because the genesis of new information is central to the evolution problem, we are offering a multi-million dollar prize for the discovery and patent of “chemicals to code.”

Natural Code LLC will fund the patent process and then award the full prize amount once the patent is granted. We will furnish a $100,000 “trigger event” prize upon initial discovery of such a process, before our patent process begins in earnest.

This $100,000 prize will be granted to the first person to discover this process, independently of our ability to secure a patent.

Numerous people who have sent in submissions have generously granted permission to publish them. We are grateful for this as it sheds much light on the thinking process and clarifies what Natural Code LLC is searching for. Below, we have included our response to each applicant.

We received this submission from William Sikkema, a graduate student in Biotechnology at Rice University in Houston Texas. He has co-authored numerous papers and is studying under organic chemist James Tour. Mr. Sikkema granted us permission to publish his entry:

We received this submission from Chris Linhart, a Computer Science specialist and programmer in Salzburg, Austria. His background includes work in computational linguistics and artificial intelligence.

Natural Code LLC is a Private Equity Investment group formed to identify a naturally occurring code. Our mission is to discover, develop and commercialize core principles of nature which give rise to information, consciousness and intelligence.